{"title":"white wines","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"2023-novum-chardonnay-marlborough-nz","title":"2023 Novum Chardonnay, Marlborough, NZ","description":"\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Firework flint, lemon oil and yellow peach cheeks. Grapefruit sorbet and cold butter log. Almond milk creaminess with a deft handling of oak on the palate. Cumin, powdered ginger and white pepper. This delivers the charitable dimensions of chardonnay with a breeze of gently rolling acidity and brilliance of a chiselled precious stone. Peach cream and baked meringue on the finish. Drinking beautifully and will age further. Wonderful to see the confidence and precision from a new player. Very exciting”. Drink by 2028.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e96 points, \u003cem\u003eShanteh Wale – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNovum: A Legacy of Experience, A Future of Discovery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003eRooted in a Marlborough family that has managed vineyards since the 1970s, Will and Rachel Hoare bring decades of expertise to Novum. After years at Fromm, where Will rose to General Manager, they set out to craft wines that showcase the extraordinary vineyards they’ve long had access to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003eTheir Chardonnay is sourced from a prized block in the central Wairau Plains, planted in the mid-1980s with the coveted Mendoza clone. 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Sourced from the estate’s best vineyard parcels, it delivers remarkable precision and depth. Expect ripe citrus, white peach and subtle flinty complexity layered over fine French oak. The palate is concentrated yet beautifully balanced, with vibrant acidity and impressive length. Often compared to top white Burgundy, Mate’s combines power and elegance with outstanding ageing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 2023 Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay is complete; all flavor points and spice characteristics are present and accounted for, albeit restrained and even a little muted. The low-lying Maté's vineyard received plenty of rain and runoff in the 2023 rainfall, but the wine still feels fresh, vibrant and focused. There are notes of shaved fennel, white pepper, almond meal and tatami mat\/straw—a decidedly white spectrum of flavor and spice. Stylistically, I usually see this wine being quite punchy, powerful and sometimes tropical. In this wet year, the wine is retrained and decidedly composed—while some may view this as being \"not the Maté's style,\" I think it is a very good iteration of this vineyard. Time will tell, but I like it a lot. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2024-2038.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e94 points Erin Larkin - Wine Advocate (Dec 20, 2024)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery steely and floral, with brightness and impressive aromas of honeysuckle, lemongrass and just a touch of cream. Medium- to full-bodied with layered and creamy phenolics that give a lovely, almost velvety texture to the wine, and then the end is so crisp and minerally. Driven at the end. Needs time to come together. This will be so complex in three to four years. 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